teresa garcia reports from los angeles where the philippine community is trying to help. >> reporter: survivors plead for food and water and wait for help. the typhoon destroyed the area leaving more than 600,000 people homeless. >> it's so hard to be alone. >> some foreign doctors have arrived in the stricken area, but they are not nearly enough to meet the demand. at a nearby hospital, patients overwelm the damaged facility. >> we are meeting them as much as we can. we cannot refuse them. >> workers have begun the process of removing the dead and food and medicine are starting to arrive. more supplies are on the way. >> basic hygiene supplies to help 10,000 families. >> los angeles is home to one of the largest philippine communities in the united states. many here are donating clothes and other goods to raise money to send to the victims. >> clothing. >> the pastor of the philippine christian church said his congregation is desperate to help. >> it's about them being part of it. you can see the community being united. >> but the scope of the disaster means it's a challenge to deliv